Mechanism of homologous recombination from the RecA-ssDNA/dsDNA structures

Nature

Volumn 453, Issue 7194, 2008, Pages 489-494

  Chen, Zhucheng ^a,b   Yang, Haijuan ^a   Pavletich, Nikola P ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA B; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HETERODUPLEX; LYSINE; RECA PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CATALYSIS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COMPLEMENTARITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENOME; HOMOLOGY; HYDROLYSIS; RECOMBINATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 44349162159     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06971     Document Type: Article

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